Oh, thank you all so much. Started celebrating at midnight last night, and got an unexpected day off today. My gal went off to work this morning with both my sets of car keys. Bosslady said no sweat. Got a Web site to work on, but I doubt I'll get anything done today.

Joe, you are thinking of my brother, David JoanBaez Spiegel.

30 years old. My peers here on the Cat are older and chide me for being so young, while here in 3d world my gal and all my peers are younger and tease me about being old. I tell them that I'm older and wiser and they just say I'm half right.

I feel like I've lived a lot so far. I have a 12 year old daughter, a soon to be x-wife, a bald spot, extraordinary debt and a hangover. I think I've done pretty well so far, no regrets. I don't feel old.

The Mudcat is one of my greatest sources of pride. Just yesterday I got a fax from a fellow in Israel looking for the lyrics to Galway Bay. I sent him a fax of the two versions we have in the DigiTrad and got a phone call with a thank you and a shalom. I felt good sending that fax. A Jew in Israel looking for an Irish song? Gladly.

You all mean very much to me. I'm working to get my now mature life back on track, mostly financially, then I'm gonna go on a road/air/water trip to see every damn one of you. It has been my pleasure to have you all here, and I look forward to hosting you for another 30 years.